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T. CLEME-NTS 8v' G. H. ROYCE. APPARATUS EOE EEAMING AND SETTING UE VEHICLE BODIES.

No. 395,485. Patented Jan. l, 1889.

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T. GLEMENTS 8v G..H. ROYCE. APPARATUS POR FRAMING AND SETTING UP VEHICLE BODIES.

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THOMAS CLEMENTS AND GEORGE H. ROYCE, OE ROCHESTER, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR` TO THE JAMES CUNNINGHAM SON df COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FR FRAMING AND SETTING UP VEHICLE-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,485, dated January 1, 1889. Application filed August 1'7, 1888. Serial No. 283,050. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS CLEMENTS and GEORGE H. ROYCE, both of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State ot' New York, have invented a certain new and useful lmproyement in Apparatus for Framing and Setting up Vehicle-Bodies; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this application.

Our improvement relates to apparatus for framing and setting up the sides ot' coaches, hacks, and similar heavy vehicles. This work has usually been done by hand on a bench or other support, involving much labor and difficulty in so fitting the parts that both sides shall be equidstant from the center and exactly alike.

Our improvement consists ot' an apparatus for the purpose constructed,arranged, and operating as Vhereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, lliguiu il is a side elevation of the apparatus. Figs. 2 and 2l are end elevations lookin g, respectively, in the directions indicated bythe arrows] and 2 .in Fig. l. Fig. 4f is a plan view of the machine. liig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the side gages. Fig. l is a plan oi' same.

A is the bed-plate supported by suitable legs, B B.

C is a longitudinal vertical plate or web set centrally upon the bedplate and, rising to considerable height. This plate serves as the center gage to measure from on each side and also as the attachment t'or the top gage.

D is the front gage. lt consists of the vtired vertical standard u., forming a guideway, a horizontal cross-head, h, provid ed with a slide, c, that slides up and down on the standard a; a Vertical. screw, d, which passes through the slide and moves the cross-head up and down as it is turned; two bcaring-blocks, f f', that slide laterally in and ou t on the crossehead h, and a right and left lun'izontal screw, g, that passes through the bearing-blocks and moves them simultaneously in or out as the screw is turned.

71r 7L are longitudinal bars forming rests lolheld at any adjustment forward or back by stays pivoted in the bearingblocks ff by the 4 side of the rests h h and serving' to hold against the carriage-rocker.

G is the rear gage, the same consisting ot' the vertical standard Z, forming a guideway, a horizontal cross-head, m, provided with a slide, n, moving up and down on the standard l, and a vertical screw, o,.] 3assing through the slide, by turning which the cross-head will be. adjusted up or down.

H H are two side gages hinged at p p, Figs. l and 5, to the sides of the bed-plate A and arranged to be turned vertically in and out, so as to stand at a greater or less incline to the sides of the machine. Each of these side gages consists of the horizontal stationary frame q,

l and (i, having a fixed vertical standard, v', being the `parts hinged to the bedplate to turn vertically, and a horizontal frame, .5', Fig. (i, pivoted at. t, so as toY swing horizontally. Said frame .s is provided with a vertical standard, u, and to this standard is attached a sliding platee, by means of screwbolts u' zo, which pass through slots of the plate, thereby enaliiling the plate to be adj usted forward and back. The plate fr is fianged at .its outer edge, as shown at fr", and to this flange is pivoted at w an auxiliary Hange, .1', set at an angle and gag-ed by means oli' adjlisting-screws y y.

lVhen the trame s is swung oil', as ilulicated by dotted lines in Eig. (i, the plate e and the flange af, which form fixtures to saine, will be swung ott' with it. The frame s is adjusted by means of set-screws ci c2, passing through frame q.

I is a right and left screw turning in a iixed bearing, e, under the bed-plate A, so as to receive no end-motion, its ends resting in boxes jj, pivoted to the lower ends of stiff bearings a2 a2, bolted to the bottom of the side gages, H H. By turning the right and left screw the said side gages will be swung out or in at at the top, thereby changing the angle of same relatively to the machine.

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K is a top gage consisting oil a bearing, d?, that slides forward and back on the center plate, O, and is held by a set-screw, f2, a vertical standard, q2, rising therefrom and forming a guideway, a horizontal cross-head, 7F, movable up and down on the standard q2, a vertical screw, 712, for moving the cross-head; two bearings, 'i2 1F, sliding forward and back on the cross-head, and a right and left horizontal screw, k2, resting in the cross-head h2 and passing through the bearings, for movin said bearings in and out. To the bearings lf2 i2 are pivoted, at Z2 l2, two elbow-shaped arms, m2 m2, capable ot turning a halt-circle, so as to stand in an upright or depressed position. At the outer ends of the elbows are T-shaped arms nga?, and to these are attached slides o2 o2, secured by set-screws p2 p2, so as to be adjusted out and in. At the outer ends of the slides are T-shaped [langes fr? r2, which stand up and down.

'lhe machine above described is intended to receive the separate parts ol' wood forming the rockers or side pieces ol' the vehicle and enable said parts to be att-ached together to form the complete frame. The outline of the rocker is indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. l. The front end ot the rocker is laid on the rest 7L and clamped l'ast in place bythe clamping-screw 'L'. The rear end ot the rocker rests on and is supported bythe rear cross-head, m. The pillars o' th e rocker-fn e., the j ambs of the door-rest against the flanges r and of' the side gage ll on opposite sides, said side gage oeenpyin the space of' the door. The slides o2 o2 rest on top ol the pillars, and the -liangesgi"2 yr2 rest outside the top ot the pillars and gage their outward throw. Then the slides 0`^2 o2 are turned down in. their lowest position, as indicated in full lines, Fig. l, they rest over the top of the short 'pillars used in some classes ol vehicles. lVhen turned up, as indicated in dotted lilies, they fit over the high pillars used in other classes ol. heavy vehicles. The swinging arm 7U' 'rests against the side of the riser lor the scat and supports the same, and by being' turned forward or back it is adapted to dil'l'erent l'orms ol the riser.

lBy the means above described the two rockers of' a carriage can be gaged exactly alike on opposite sides, which cannot well be done by hand in the old way. .I'ly turning the vertical screws that raise the eross-heads they can all be adjusted to thenecessary vertical position, and by turning the horizontal right and le'lt screws the ilront, top, and side gages can be spread or contracted, while the rear gage needs no such adjustment, the cross-head simply receiving the end of' the rocker laid thereon. 'lhe rests 7l 7L, also all the cross-heads, are marked with an index or scale o1' distances, so that each rocker can be .fitted to an exact scale, both being equidistant from the center and in the same position longitudinally. This lateral znljustability ot' the gages necessary to adapt them to carchanged.

' riage-bodies ot dili'erent widths and shapes.

Some are wider and oi' greater swell at the sides than others. 'lhe lateral adj nstment of the side gages, H lil, enables them to fit dit'- ferent swells. ln many instances it is necessary to adjust the swinging frame s of the side gage III in, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. (i, in order to produce more swell, which is readily done on both sides exactly alike. It is also necessary to provide for the bevel in the jamb of the door, to enable the door to shut therein and open readily. rlhis is done by adjusting the pivoted liange a: to the proper bevel. As the gage is swung in or out to produce more or less swell, the angle off this pivoted flange has to be correspondingly The opposite flange, r, is square and always remains stationary, as the jamb where the door is hinged is always square.

llaving (lescribed our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. .'l'he combination of the standard a, the cross-head l), the vertical screw d, the bearings f j, the right andl lef t screw g, the adjustable rest-s 7L 7l, and the swinging arms /t L, arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose specified.

The combination, with the bearing f, of the arm pivoted to said bearing and capable of adjustment to"(lilf'eient positions forward and back to fit the seat-riser of the rocker, as described.

3. In a machine itor framing and setting up the sides of vehicles, the combination, with the bed-plate, of a side gage provided with upright arms l'or the fitting of the pillars off the rocker thereto, said side gage bein hinged and capable of lateral adjustment by turning on its hinges, as and for the purpose set forth.

al. ln a machine t'or framing and setting up the sides o'l' vehicles, the combination, with the bed-plate, ot` a side gage hinged thereto to swing laterally, said gage consisting of two parts each provided with a vertical standard to gage the pillars of the rocker, one oll said parts bein hinged to the bed-plate, the other to the primary post, so as to swing inward horizontally, as and Afor the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the frame q, provided with the vertical standard fr, the Aframe s, hinged to iframe q, to swing inward horizontally, and a plate, Q", attached to frame q, to be adjusted forward and back, as and for the purpose described.

(i. The combination, with the side gage, H, of the flange ft, pivoted to the edge of the gage and adjustable to different angles, as and 'for the purpose specified.

7 The combination, with the side gage, of a top gage provided with arms that extend outward and gage the height of the pillars of the rocker, as herein shown and described.

8. The combination, with the side gage, off a top gage provided with arms extending out ward and. having flanges at the outer ends for IOO IOS

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gag-ing the lateral position of the pillars of the rocker, :is herein shown and described.

9. The combination, with the slide h2, 0f

the bearings l2, the arms m2, jointed thereto,

5 so as to he reversed in position, the crossheads u2, and slides 02, provided'with the zing'es fr?, as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof We have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOS. CLEMENTS.

EORGE H. ROYCE.

Witnesses:

R. F. OSGOOD, J. C. SMITH. 

